What is an abiotic factor?
Something that is not living, never lived, or produced by living things.
What is a biotic factor?
Anything living, or produced by living things.
What type of ecosystem would be best suited for a polar bear?
Polar, cold, flat lands.
Where does grass get its energy to grow?
The Sun
Which correctly shows the levels of organization?
D
What abiotic factors might a person find in Antarctica? name 2
Snow, Low temperatures, high wind
Name 1 things the biotic factors are competing for in this picture?
Territory, for a mate, to lead.
What abiotic factors would you find in a tropical rainforest? name 2
Rain, high humidity, sunlight.
What 2 organisms will be most affected by the removal of insects?
Plants and snowy owls
Which level of organization is organisms of the same species, hanging around the same area?
Populations
What abiotic factors are needed for plants to grow? name 2
Sunlight, Water, Nutritious soil
How might a drought or forest fire affect the biotic factors living there?
They will either perish or have to move to survive.
What are the biotic parts of a desert ecosystem? name 3
Coyote, cactus, shrubs.
What do the arrows represent in this food web?
The flow of energy from one organism to another.
A group of lions and hyenas competing in an environment is considered what type of level of organization -
Community
What abiotic factors do trees and grasses in the same area compete for? name 2
Sunlight and Water
What abiotic factors do most biotic factors need in order to live? name 2
Air, Sunlight, water.
What abiotic factor helps all ecosystems by providing energy for producers?
The Sun
What organism has the greatest impact on all the other organisms?
Berries
A student said a community consists of elephants, trees, grass, and air. Are they right or wrong?
Wrong, a community consists of only biotic (living) things.
Name 3 abiotic factors you can find at the beach or in the ocean
Is this dead tree biotic or abiotic? Explain why for full points.
Biotic, it was once living.
True or False - Ecosystems have no need for biotic factors.
Explain why?
False, plants are biotic, without them, there would be no oxygen to breathe.
What is wrong with this picture?
The arrows are in the wrong direction.
Define every level of the Levels of Organization
organism-An individual (one) form of life
population-A group of organisms of the same species
community-All of the populations of different species, in a particular area.
ecosystem-A system consisting of all the interactions that occur between abiotic and biotic factors within an environment.